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埋める (うずめる, uzumeru) Japanese meaning: cover | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 埋める · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 埋うず める 埋うず めない Polite 埋うず めます 埋うず めません Past polite 埋うず めました 埋うず めませんでした Past 埋うず めた 埋うず めなかった Te-form 埋うず めて 埋うず めないで Desire 埋うず めたい 埋うず めたくない Potential 埋うず められる also 埋うず めれる 埋うず められない also 埋うず めれない Passive 埋うず められる 埋うず められない Causative 埋うず めさせる 埋うず めさせない Causative passive 埋うず めさせられる 埋うず めさせられない Volitional 埋うず めよう Polite volitional 埋うず めましょう Imperative 埋うず めろ 埋うず めるな Conditional 埋うず めれば 埋うず めなければ Tara conditional 埋うず めたら 埋うず めなかったら
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She buried her face in her hands.
The heavy snow buried the small village.
Usage patterns 顔かお を 〈 物もの 〉 にうずめる to bury one's face in something
She buried her face in the pillow and cried.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 〈 人ひと 〉 でうずめる to fill a place completely with people
The audience filled the venue completely.
雪ゆき に 〈 物もの 〉 をうずめる to bury something in snow
The car ended up buried in snow.
Expressions 骨ほね を 埋うず める make a place one's final home; settle somewhere for life · devote one's life to; do something for the rest of one's life Kanji 埋 bury, be filled up, embedded Transitive / intransitive 埋まる is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to become buried or filled', while 埋める（うずめる）is transitive and takes the thing or space being covered as its object.
埋もれる is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to lie buried or covered', while 埋める（うずめる）is transitive and describes the act of covering or burying something.
Don't confuse with 埋める written the same way is usually read うめる and covers a broader range of meanings like burying an object, filling a hole, or making up for a loss, whereas 埋める（うずめる）specifically describes something being completely covered or submerged.
Written forms 埋うず める Usage 1%
Standard kanji spelling for うずめる, meaning to cover, bury in, or fill completely. The same spelling is also commonly read うめる in a related but broader verb, so kana may be used when the reading needs to be clear.
うずめる Usage 99%
Hiragana spelling is practical when avoiding confusion with 埋める read うめる.
填うず める
Attested kanji variant using 填, a character associated with filling; uncommon in ordinary modern writing for this verb.
Etymology A native Japanese verb written conventionally with 埋, a kanji associated with burying or filling. The variant 填める uses 填, also associated with filling, but is rare for this reading. The precise historical derivation is not specified.
